The aroma is bursting with agave and has some alcoholic harshness. The flavor hits the tongue with a punch of pepper and alcoholic heat, but very quickly mellows out with a wonderful agave sweetness the carries right through the finish. The 1123 concrete is distinctive and delightful.
This is an amazing blanco, one my favorites for sure. Nose: Cooked agave, wet cement, mineral, earth, pepper, Vegetal Flavor: Cooked agave wet cement, minerals, earth, pepper, olive, herbal, butter, vegetal. Finish: Medium to long, grassy viscosity, amazing finish that has your tastebuds going wild. Cascahuin is far ahead of the rest.
This is an agave banger
Legitimately spectacular. No other way to put it. Amazing nose of cooked agave sweetness, honey, hints of smoke/camp fire, a little citrus. Lots going on here. It gets better with every sip and the longer it opens up. Much more of the notes from the nose. For lack of a better term, it almost tastes like a slightly sweet mezcal (in a very good way). It’s vegetal with that 1123 minerality in the DNA. A great finish with a subtle smokiness that adds character, doesn’t over power. As traditional as it gets. Might not be everyone’s cup of tea but I love it.
NOSE : Cooked agave, beautiful smokiness from earthenware pit cooking, orange, lime, vegetal. Less smoke as it opens up and becomes more vegetal. Lots of pepper. PALATE: Cooked agave. Very reminiscent of Tepeztate mezcal. Earthy, vegetal, citrus. Light smoke FINISH: Nice long finish, light smoke. Delicious
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Wow I like this one! Big nose on this one love the cooked agave and the minerals in this one!!